Outside-sash-securing device.



Y PATENTED APR.21, 1903.

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OUTSIDE SASH SECURING DEVICE.

JUNE 1a, 1902.

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f E V1 N 1 i l I J r 7 l M B i W a J V UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. REELY, OF MISSOULA, MONTANA.

oUTSlDE -sASH- SECuRlNG DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 726,192, dated April21 1903. Application filed June 13, 1902- Serial No. 111,546. (Nomodel.)

To ttZZ w/"wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M..REELY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Missoula, in the county of Missoula and State of Montana,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Outside-Sash-SecuringDevices, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention is an improvement in fasteners for securing storm-sashes,screens, 850., over window-openings; and theinvention consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a cross-sectional view showing a section ofthe sash secured in place. Fig. 2 is a similar section showing afastening-bracket adjusted out of engagement with the blind-stop. Fig. 3is a detail perspective .view of the fasteningbracket, and Fig. 4 showsa somewhat difierent construction of fastening devices from that shownin Fig. 2.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and efficientsash fastener which will permit the sash to be readily put in place andsecured from the inside, thereby dispensing with the necessity ofladders on the outside of the building and also avoiding the marrin g ofthe window-frame with screws, hooks, or the like, as is now commonlypracticed.

The sash-frame A may be that of a screen or of a storm-sash or otherform of sash which it may be desired to apply to the outer side of awindow-opening and may be of any ordinary or desired construction. Thefastening-bracket B, of which I may use any desired number on each sideof the sash, may be constructed, as shown in detail in Fig. 3, with aface or main plate B, provided with a slot B elongated in the directionof length of the plate B, a returned spring-wing B at one end of theplate B, an abutting wing B extending from the opposite end of the plateB, at a right anglethereto, and the tongue B of reduced thickness, whichextends from the free end of the wing 13 at a right angle thereto, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. When applied as shown in Fig. 1, the mainplate B is socured by the screw 0, a washer D being in- .I claim as new,and desire troduced between the head of the screw and theplateB.ThewingB abuts theblind-stop E, and the tongue B of reduced thicknessfits between the blind-stop E and the inside "sash F and being thinneddown or reduced in thickness does not interfere with the free movementof the inside sash F, as will be readily understood. Manifestly thescrew 0 may be tightened up to secure the sash A, and by means of thereturned tongue B which will operate as a spring, will serve to take upall Black and prevent the jarring or rattling of the storm-sash.

In Fig. 1 the fastening-bracket is shown in the position in which itsecures the storm-sash in place, while in Fig. 2 it is shown releasedand adjusted inwardly with respect to the outer edge of the storm-sash,so it can be readily applied to or removed from the window-casing. Thefastening-bracket may be made of any suitable sheet metal and'can beapplied for use in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

While it may be preferred to employ the returned spring-wing B as shownin'Figs. 1, 2, and 3, I mayin some instances employ the constructionshown in Fig. 4, wherein the spring-wing B is omitted and the face-plateor main slotted'plate ofthe bracket rests flat againstthe inner side ofthe sash-frame or as @near to said face as it can be drawn by the actionof the screw. V

The construction is simple, inexpensive, easily applied, readilyadjusted, and will not mar or otherwise injure the window-frame.

Having thus described my invention, what to secure by Letters Patent,is 1. A sash-fastening bracket having a main plate provided with alongitudinal slot for a screw, and with a wing to abut theedge of theblind-stop and a tongue to overlap the inner face of said stop,substantially as set forth.

2. In a sash-frame fastener, a fasteningbracket composed of sheet metaland having a main plate provided with a longitudinal slot, the returnedspring-wing at one end of the main plate, an abutting wing at the otherend of the main plate and at a right angle thereto, and the tongue orwing at the free end of the abutting wing and at a right angegementwiththe blind-stop and between the gle thereto, substantially as set forth.same and the inside sash substantially as and 3. A fastening-bracket forsecuring outside for the purpose set forth. sashes and composed of amain plate having 5 an opening for the fastening-screw and pro-Witnesses:

vided at one end with a returned spring por- Jos. M. DIXON, tion and atits other end with means for en- WILLIAM M. DRAFFEN.

WILLIAM M. REELY.

